Category: Mental Health

“She was my present, my future, my hope. She was the best thing that ever happened to me … [now] there is no life. My life went away when Banaz died” The tragic suicide of 38-year-old Rahmat Sulemani, partner of ‘honour’ killing victim Banaz Mahmod, is a devastating loss for...

“What can you remember from that time?” asks Linda, gently. Henna shuts her eyes briefly and involuntarily flinches. Trying to open up that memory box is painful: the process of trying to remember hurts as much as the newly uncovered memories themselves. In that room with the wooden shutters pulled...